2003 NASDAQ-100 Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2003 NASDAQ-100 Open
Final
Champions	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva
Runners-up	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi
Score	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Details
Draw	32 (3WC/1Q/1LL)
Seeds	8
Events
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Main article: 2003 NASDAQ-100 Open

Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Raymond teamed up with Lindsay Davenport and were eliminated in second round due to a withdrawal, while Stubbs teamed up with Elena Bovina and lost in first round.

Liezel Huber and Magdalena Maleeva won the title, defeating Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Miyagi 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 in the final. It was the 5th doubles title for Huber and the 3rd doubles title for Maleeva, in their respective careers. ^[1]

Seeds

1. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)
2. Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
3. Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals, retired)
4. Elena Bovina / Rennae Stubbs (first round)
5. Daniela Hantuchová / Meghann Shaughnessy (first round)
6. Elena Dementieva / Anna Kournikova (first round)
7. Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond (second round, withdrew)
8. Jelena Dokic / Nadia Petrova (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	3	5
		Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	6	7
									Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	6	3	7
									Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	4	6	5
		Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	6	62	6
		Nicole Pratt Barbara Rittner	2	77	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	2	6
	WC	A Harkleroad M Sharapova	1	6	0			1	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
		E Callens Å Svensson	6	6					E Callens Å Svensson	4	3
		M Matevžič R Neffa-de los Ríos	3	3											1	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	67	77	3
		M Serna C Vis	5	3												S Kuznetsova M Navratilova	79	65	6
		S Kuznetsova M Navratilova	7	6					S Kuznetsova M Navratilova	w/o
		E Gagliardi P Mandula	4	1				7	L Davenport L Raymond
	7	L Davenport L Raymond	6	6																			S Kuznetsova M Navratilova	3	5
	3	K Clijsters A Sugiyama	6	6																			L Huber M Maleeva	6	7
	WC	L Granville S Taylor	2	0				3	K Clijsters A Sugiyama	6	6
		C Rubin B Schett	6	5	4				N Dechy É Loit	1	0
		N Dechy É Loit	4	7	6										3	K Clijsters A Sugiyama	4	5r
		L Huber M Maleeva	77	6												L Huber M Maleeva	6	5
		M Vento-Kabchi A Widjaja	60	1					L Huber M Maleeva	6	6
		S Jeyaseelan M Tu	7	6					S Jeyaseelan M Tu	1	2
	6	E Dementieva A Kournikova	5	4

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	D Hantuchová M Shaughnessy	2	1
		S Asagoe N Miyagi	6	6					S Asagoe N Miyagi	4	6	77
		N de Villiers T Musgrave	0	4					J Lee W Prakusya	6	4	60
		J Lee W Prakusya	6	6												S Asagoe N Miyagi	6	6
		D Bedáňová I Tulyaganova	6	66	6										Q	S Reeves M Sequera	4	3
	LL	E Dominikovic M Irvin	2	78	0				D Bedáňová I Tulyaganova	4	2
	Q	S Reeves M Sequera	5	6	6			Q	S Reeves M Sequera	6	6
	4	E Bovina R Stubbs	7	2	4																		S Asagoe N Miyagi	6	62	6
	8	J Dokic N Petrova	6	6																			N Pratt B Rittner	2	77	3
	WC	E Daniilidou A Stevenson	2	1				8	J Dokic N Petrova	6	62	4
		S Farina Elia T Garbin	6	6					S Farina Elia T Garbin	3	77	6
		E Kulikovskaya T Poutchek	4	4												S Farina Elia T Garbin	3	3
		T Perebiynis J Steck	1	3												N Pratt B Rittner	6	6
		N Pratt B Rittner	6	6					N Pratt B Rittner	6	77
		T Križan K Srebotnik	6	64	3			2	C Black E Likhovtseva	3	63
	2	C Black E Likhovtseva	2	77	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

1. Alina Jidkova / Tatiana Panova (first round)
2. Samantha Reeves / Milagros Sequera (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Samantha Reeves / Milagros Sequera

Lucky losers

1. Evie Dominikovic / Marissa Irvin

Qualifying draw

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
	1	Alina Jidkova Tatiana Panova	6
		Zsófia Gubacsi Martina Müller	8
							Zsófia Gubacsi Martina Müller	5
							Evie Dominikovic Marissa Irvin	8
		Evie Dominikovic Marissa Irvin	8
		Angelika Rösch Marlene Weingärtner	2
												Evie Dominikovic Marissa Irvin	3	3
											2	Samantha Reeves Milagros Sequera	6	6
		Anastasia Myskina Irina Selyutina	8
	WC	Carly Gullickson Jamea Jackson	1
							Anastasia Myskina Irina Selyutina	1
						2	Samantha Reeves Milagros Sequera	8
		Marion Bartoli Alicia Molik	6
	2	Samantha Reeves Milagros Sequera	8

References

1. "Past Champions". Miami Open. Miami . Retrieved June 7, 2024. Women's Doubles By Year - 2003: Magdalena Maleeva/Liezel Huber

External links

• Main and Qualifying Draws (WTA)
• ITF tournament profile